Go ahead and make yourself comfortable,
Either sitting or lying down.
We will begin with a breath known as the light,
Slow and deep breath,
Or LSD breath,
Followed by the coherence breath,
Which is a five in and a five out to return your heart rate and your nervous system to a regulated and relaxed state.
And so begin by placing your hands on your ribs and breathing in and out through your nose and feel your ribs expand and contract.
As you breathe in,
Push your ribs out and down and letting them naturally contract.
Expanding your ribs sideways,
Stretching out the muscles around your ribs.
Right now we're getting the air deep into your lungs,
Into the bottom of your lungs to really circulate any stagnant air that's been sitting in there for too long.
And so by breathing deeply into your diaphragm,
You circulate fresh air into your system.
Continue expanding your ribs out,
Breathing to the back of your ribs even,
And breathing into the front of your ribs,
Creating space around the heart area.
Really take this time to create space and spaciousness within your lungs.
Breathing slower now and even deeper,
Taking deep breaths not to fill up your stomach but to fill up your lungs.
And now bring your focus to the air flowing in and out of your nostrils.
You might be able to feel or hear the air flowing through your nostrils.
Just notice that now,
Bringing your awareness to the flow of air and gradually slow down the breath and make it so slow and so light you can hardly feel or hear the air.
Continue breathing.
This may require some focus.
Really slow down the breath and make it so light.
You may need to breathe for longer and deeper to get a full breath.
The aim here is not speed but lightness,
Silence,
Spaciousness.
Bringing all your attention to the silence of the air and letting that focus relax you.
Relaxing the space between your eyebrows relaxing your mind and your body taking you even further into calm relaxation.
And now in a moment,
Not yet,
But in a moment we'll start the coherence breath where you'll continue breathing in and out through your nose for the count of five,
Four,
Three,
Two,
One.
And we'll breathe on the inhale and the count of five on the exhale.
With this breath,
It doesn't matter if you can hear the breath in your nostrils.
The aim here is to get back into a rhythm of coherence.
So to begin,
Take a deep breath in and sigh out together and then inhale for two,
Three,
Four,
Five.
Exhale two,
Three,
Four,
Five.
Inhale two,
Three,
Four,
Five.
Exhale two,
Three,
Four,
Five.
Inhale.
Exhale.
Inhale.
Exhale.
And now just notice how you feel.
If you've had your eyes closed,
Just flutter them open and continue breathing normally in a relaxed,
Peaceful way.
Thank you.